Sentence examples for has some grit from inspiring English sources

Bret Fetzer of Amazon.com also gave a positive review, noting that the movie "could have been trite schmaltz, but the script has some grit and the direction is fresh and relaxed--and, most significantly, Spears is far more sympathetic and engaging than you might expect".

He was in the SAS reserves; he grew up in a council flat and pulled himself up by the bootstraps through the London Business School and an executive position at a sugar manufacturer to the corridors of power; he has some stories, he has some grit.

"We have some grit, we have some drive," Coughlin said Monday.

"It is useful for a company to have some grit in the wheels that allows time to think.

It is good to have some grit in there, but we get no clue as to the cause of their animosity, so, in this first episode at least, they're just needlessly mean.

What used to be unabashedly frothy has some disco grit, underpinned by Spears' spunky self-determination that helps sell hooks that are already catchier, by and large, than those that populated her previous two albums".

People knew then that I wasn't just a disco singer, that I had some real grit in me other than singing that light stuff.

The group fared slightly better with cover versions of songs sturdy enough to bear its inexperience: Townes Van Zandt's "Colorado Girl" had Cowboy Junkies spaceyness to it, and Bill Withers's "Grandma's Hands" had some Southern grit restored to it.

Perhaps had more of his voice been included it would have provided some grit and at least the semblance of engagement.

This may have some people gritting their teeth -- but, with a few simple ground rules and the right environment, it can be a good option for everyone, particularly new parents who want built-in babysitters they can trust.

"We have some quality and some grit about us but Australia are world number ones and have been for a while because they keep winning things.